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Cleaning with Dirt
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Learners build a filter from old soda bottles and dirt. They create polluted water, and pour it through their filter to clean it.

Clean Water: Is It Drinkable?
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In this activity, learners simulate nature's water filtration system by devising a system that will filter out both visible and invisible pollutants from water.

Wetland Filter Model
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In this quick activity (located on page 2 of the PDF under GPS Wetlands Activity), learners will model how wetlands act as natural filters for the environment.

Filtration Investigation
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In this activity, learners explore how engineering has developed various means to remove impurities from water.

Radial Chromatography
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How many colors make black? Gather as many water soluble black markers as you can find.

Filtering
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Make a quick and easy filter from household materials. A filter will catch any solids suspended in a liquid and filter them out. By using a filter, learners can discover amazing things.

Light and Sound
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In this four-part activity, learners explore light and sound through a variety of hands-on investigations.

Whale Cart
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In this activity, learners interact with whale artifacts such as replicas of skulls, bones, teeth, and baleen (hair-like plates that form a feeding filter).

Laser Jello
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In this activity, learners use gelatin as a lens to investigate the properties of laser light.

Water Treatment
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Water treatment on a large scale enables the supply of clean drinking water to communities.